Sometimes photographers have to shoot in less than ideal lighting situations. Maybe the wedding is mid-day in the middle of a field, or perhaps the event is in a florescent-lit room. These scenarios can be particularly intimidating for beginning photographers who don’t know how to handle the many undesirable lighting situations they may encounter. This book will cover the top ten worst lighting situations and provide a variety of solutions for each

Everyone has their own definition of success, and our paths to it will vary just as widely. But anyone who’s ever achieved one of their biggest life goals — “success” by their measure — will tell you it doesn’t come easy.

What do people see as the main barrier to success?

That’s what our friends at SoulPancake set out to discover. They polled 11,000 people with one simple question: What stands between you and where you want to be?

Hello everyone! Simon here today, to take you to the zoo. Let me explain: we’re going to have a lot of fun with the many animal vectors included the Comprehensive, Creative Vectors Bundle. We are going to use some of them to construct a great poster promoting a visit to the closest zoo. Excited? So am I, so let’s get to it!

For the last few years, freelancing has been a tip-of-tongue topic among creative workers. Even if we’re not self-employed full-time, a lot of us are balancing side-projects in our night and weekend time. Those extra gigs add up for the overall economy, but how do you know when you’re financially stable enough to make the leap to full time?

There’s plenty of advice out there – most importantly, that you should have plenty of savings just in case you hit a lean patch just as you give your two weeks’ notice – but the best way to know for sure if you’re ready is to get real about how much you’ll need to spend, and how much you’ll need to be raking in.

It’s been quite some time since the last release of Adobe Acrobat – it’s Acrobat XI, which shipped in October 2012 – so we’ve been eagerly awaiting to see what the next major version of this core product line would bring…

And now, we finally have some answers, announced by Adobe not as “Acrobat XII” or “Acrobat 12″ – but as Acrobat DC, where “DC” stands for Document Cloud.

The Adobe “Document Cloud”? What does that mean? Is this the same brand of Acrobat toolset that we know and love, and use daily? Are there still Pro and Standard desktop tools, and perpetual licenses? Or is this a new type of web-based application or service that we can only use online, or via subscription?

Not to worry. Everything is as you want, only better. It looks like this long wait for Acrobat DC was actually worth it… This is Acrobat XII or 12, only raised to the next level.

Need to set up a studio lighting design that won’t cost an arm and a leg? Whether you need incandescent bulbs, fluorescent lights or LED studio lighting, we’ll show you the best ways to build a cheap studio lighting design that won’t break the bank.

If you’re just starting out in video production and you’re looking to get some lighting kits, things can get quite expensive. It’s easy to get frustrated when a good light kit can cost so much. With this in mind, let’s look at how to build an inexpensive studio lighting design.